Pigs Have Wings, P. G. Wodehouse
Pigs Have Wings, P. G. Wodehouse
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Pigs Have Wings

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrator: Jeremy Sinden

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Satire, Classic

Synopsis

Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler, and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate? In this classic Blandings novel, pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places, while young lovers are crossed and recrossed in every room in Blandings Castle.

About P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

About Jeremy Sinden

Jeremy Sinden (1950–1996) was an English actor. He spent two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was a recipient of the Forsyth Award. On television he could be seen in Crossroads, Brideshead Revisited, Middlemarch, and The Famous Five, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on July 10, 2024

There was only one P.G. Wodehouse for silliness with charm and style, he had it all and none since caught the spirit. The aristocrats, the wealthy are ribbed however never with cruel malice, the comedy writer painted with a light brush. The usual shenanigans transpire never worry bad situations will......more

Goodreads review by Arwen on November 14, 2007

The first Wodehouse book I ever read. I was in love from page 1, and subsequently read almost all of the eighty-odd books he ever wrote. Full of absurd, wildly wonderful plots, quirky characters, and wit so dry you could burn your fingers on it. P.G.'s books always have a happy ending, so be prepare......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on January 24, 2022

This is a most extraordinary but extremely funny story about two pigs who will be taking part in the annual Fat Pig competition. The Empress of Blandings, owned by Lord Emsworth, is felt to surely win the competition as he has already done so for the past two years. Unfortunately, his neighbour, Sir......more

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